Jia Xu's summons to Qin Hao was of course more than just a way to fend off Liu Mu. It was just a trivial matter. What really mattered was the Han ministers who were ready to make a move and the increasingly restless little emperor Liu Xie.
Qin Hao's marriage to the Empress of Ming Dynasty caused a series of impacts, the biggest of which was naturally the military aspect, which allowed the Qin army to invade Jizhou without spending a single soldier.
In addition to the military, it had more impacts in other aspects, such as arousing uneasiness among the Han emperor and his officials.
Before he became king, Liu Xie could still trust Qin Hao, but after Qin Hao became king, the two of them could never go back to the way they were before.
Since Liu Xie was still underage, the military and political power of the imperial court was in the hands of Qin Hao. Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was a mascot, but he was not willing to be just a puppet, so he secretly tried to win over the courtiers to accumulate strength.
Liu Xie had acted cautiously before, but Qin Hao's move to marry the Empress of the Ming Dynasty touched Liu Xie's most sensitive nerve, so he became more impatient.
"Liu Xie rectified Liu Bei's name and called him the emperor's uncle?"
Seeing this, Qin Hao's mouth flashed with a trace of amusement. After looking down, he couldn't help but smile: "This Liu Bei has a really strong desire to survive. Even so, he is as far away as he is. He did not fully join the imperial party, but instead let Jia Xu
It’s not easy to deal with him.”
"Liu Bei has no military power, so even if he surrenders to Liu Xie, there is nothing to worry about."
"You still want to win over Ma Teng and become King Qin? You are really overestimating your capabilities."
After reading the letter in his hand, Qin Hao also knew that all Liu Xie's actions were within Jia Xu's control, and couldn't help but sigh: "Xie'er, Xie'er, you are still too young."
Qin Hao actually felt more pity for Liu Xie, a talented and intelligent brother-in-law who was destined to be the king of subjugation.
If Liu Xie had been born decades earlier, he might not have been able to become the king of the great Han Dynasty. But unfortunately, the great Han Dynasty and its foundation had been ruined by his father, so he could only repay the father's debt.
Although Qin Hao was in Huguan, he could roughly guess that the undercurrents in Luoyang were turbulent, but with Jia Xu here, Liu Xie, Liu Bei and others could not turn over, and they were destined to just struggle to the death.
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The news of Qin Hao's marriage to Emperor Ming continued to ferment, and the princes quickly received it, and most people expressed envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Most of the princes envied Qin Hao, who not only plucked the thorny rose of Emperor Ming, but also picked up the 150,000-strong army of Can Ming for nothing. Why couldn't they get the best of both worlds?
Yongzhou, Chang'an.
Li Shimin was not a jealous person, but after learning about this, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart.
The Qin army was already the overlord of the princes, and now that Can Ming surrendered and added 150,000 troops, it was unceremonious to say that the Qin army had the power to dominate the world.
"My lord, the strength of the Qin army is already too strong. Now it is advancing into Jizhou with overwhelming force. If we wait for it to occupy the three states of Hebei, I am afraid that all the princes will be unable to control it together. Therefore, we must prevent the Qin army from capturing Hebei.
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Du Ruhui's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "I propose that we send more troops to Tongguan and Wuguan to contain part of the Qin army's strength, and at the same time distract Qin Hao from thinking about the rear."
Li Shimin said with a headache: "Of course I know this too, but Yizhou contains most of our army. With the strength of Chang'an alone, even if we increase the number of troops on the border, we will not be able to threaten Sizhou."
Du Ruhui pondered for a long time, which finally turned into a helpless sigh. He also regretted that he had persuaded Li Shimin to attack Yizhou.
Yizhou is just a quagmire, containing nearly half of Li Tang's troops. Now Li Tang can't evacuate even if he wants to.
"Lord, please support the imperial party in Luoyang. If they get into chaos, they should be able to contain part of the Qin army's energy." Du Ruhui sighed, there was no other way.
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Yizhou
Liu Ji slowly put down the information in his hand and asked Chen Ping aside with a solemn expression: "Military advisor, do you think Han Xin, Yuan Shao and others can really stop Qin Hao?"
Chen Ping didn't even think about it and said directly: "Han Xin and Yuan Shao alone will never be able to stop Qin Hao. With Liu Che, there should be a 20% chance of winning.
If we add Gongsun Xuanyuan, Song Jiang and Zhu Tianpeng, we should have a 50% chance of winning."
"well."
Liu Ji sighed. He knew that this was Chen Ping's conservative estimate. The 50% chance of victory was on the high side. After all, even if the six princes in Hebei united, it would be difficult to truly unite.
In addition, Gongsun Xuanyuan needs to guard against the Manchus, Song Jiang is getting closer to Qin Hao, Zhu Tianpeng...
It is impossible for the six princes to truly unite.
"We can't go on like this."
Liu Ji slammed the table and said in a deep voice: "Qin Hao must be restrained from growing stronger, otherwise I'm afraid it will be too late. If no one dares to take the lead, then I, Liu Ji, will be the first person."
Seeing this, Chen Ping said: "My lord, I have a plan that can shake Qin Hao's foundation."
Liu Ji was overjoyed and said quickly: "Military advisor, please come quickly."
Chen Ping said word by word: "Support Liu Bian to proclaim himself emperor, establish a separate court, and fight against Qin Hao."
"What?"
Liu Ji's eyes widened, and after thinking for a long time, he laughed and said: "What a brilliant idea, what a brilliant idea, but with the support of my family alone, it is far from being able to establish another court. Even if it is established, it will be a fake court."
Forget it, make peace with Li Shimin and Liu Yu, and also bring Liu Xiu in, I need their support."
"But my lord, Liu Bian has been deposed once, so he may not be willing to ascend the throne again." Fan Kuai said.
Liu Jize sneered: "His wishes are not important."
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Yanzhou.
"Zhu Yuanzhang actually died like this?"
Cao Cao looked in disbelief, and then sighed: "What a pity."
You know, Zhu Yuanzhang was the overlord of the Central Plains. He once fought against Wei and Zhao on his own. However, he did not die on the battlefield, but died in the battle. Such an ending made Cao Cao a little bit sad.
"My lord, Zhu Yuanzhang has fallen. His son Zhu Di is still young and lacks prestige. He cannot restrain his arrogant soldiers. This is a great opportunity for us to take Xuzhou." Xun You said with excitement.
Cao Cao nodded and said: "It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but even without Zhu Yuanzhang, Fan Zeng and Xu Shiji will be equally difficult to offend."
With that said, Cao Cao looked at Fan Li below and asked: "Mr. Fan, Fan Zeng is your brother. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang is dead, Zhu Di is just a child with a yellow mouth. Are you confident that you can surrender to Fan Zeng?"
Fan Li thought for a while and then said: "I am willing to give it a try, but please don't get your hopes up, my lord. My brother is a foolish and loyal person. Only the Zhu family has an heir. I'm afraid he will not join anyone else." "You can give it a try."